Apr 22, 20224 min read

Varudu Kavalenu: A Predictable Rom-Com

Updated: Feb 26, 2023

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Project Details

Director: Lakshmi Sowjanya
Story: Lakshmi Sowjanya
Screenplay: Ganesh Kumar Ravuri & Sharat PR
Dialogues: Ganesh Kumar Ravuri
Produced By: Suryadevara Naga Vamsi
Production House: Sithara Entertainments
Cinematography: Vamsi Patchipulusu
Music/Songs: Thaman & Vishal Chandrashekhar
Background Score: Vishal Chandrashekhar
Edited By: Navin Nooli
Art Director: A.S. Prakash
Action/Stunts: Venkat & Real Satish
Costumes: Harsha C, Leelavathi G & Sandhya S
Sound Effects: Raghunath Kemisetty
Choreography: Brindam V.J. Sekhar, Vijay & Eshwar
Run Time: 2 Hours & 13 Minutes
CBFC Rating: "U/A"

Direction & Story

The film is a love story of Bhumi, an independent woman who is not interested in marriage and Akash, an architect who comes to her company on a project.

The story is pretty decent when the love story unfolds in the first half, but it goes into a routine predictable mode in the second half. The way the heroine's role is been designed is appreciable and the love track looks a lot mature due to the lead pair's characterizations. The screenplay is engaging till the first half but is let down in the second half. Just to cover the runtime, the makers add a few forced comedy scenes which luckily work in favour of the film as they make us laugh.

Dialogues by Ganesh deserve a special mention. They are simple, sensible, & bring a lot of depth to the film.

Lady director Lakshmi Sowjanya makes an impressive debut. She handled the love track very neatly and gives a full-fledged family entertainer in a classy way.

Lead Performances

Naga Shaurya looks super handsome in the role of an Architect & impresses big time with his performance. He comes up with a more settled act this time and his screen presence is amazing which brings in a lot of depth to the film. Also, the way he showcases subtle emotions throughout the film is very good. Special mention to his styling in the film.

He looks so stylish and classy in those skin-tight formals and this is by far one of the best looks in his entire career. He also looks macho in a couple of action scenes in the film. Ritu Varma gets an author-backed character and she is fabulous throughout the film. She gets ample scope to perform as the boss lady with attitude & Ritu does so well. Special mention to her costumes and styling as well as they are neatly designed. Also, she badly needs to improve a lot on her body language in her dances as she never matches to the energy of the songs.

Other Performances

Nadhiya gets a very good role as a possessive mother of the heroine who is worried about her daughter's marriage and she shines well in the given role. Murali Sharma as usual provides good support as the heroine's father. A couple of scenes where he talks to Ritu about her marriage are effective and written well.

Vennela Kishore and Himaja entertain us nicely as the office staff of Ritu in the first half while Arjun Kalyan and Vaishnavi Chaitanya too are good as the other office staff who fall in love with each other. Jayaprakash and Praveen are pretty decent as the heroine's boss and as Shaurya's sidekick respectively. Saptagiri is hilarious in his Lag track in the second half. Harsha Vardhan is neat in a negative character. Alekhya Harika surprises in a limited special cameo. The rest of the cast including Rajita, Mahesh, Kireeti, and others are fine in their respective supporting roles.

Detailed Analysis

The best part of the film is Ritu's characterization. The way her role is written as a tough woman is impactful and even Shaurya's character is written in a classy way. The scenes between them, their chemistry, and a few funny scenes make the first half a decent watch. The second half is a bit boring as the college episodes look routine and the marriage episode is unengaging which follows the regular family entertainer template narration that takes us to a very predictable ending.

The biggest minus of the film is not having a proper conflict point in the love story. The heroine never listens to what the hero tries to tell & the hero actually never tells it strongly when it's needed. These scenes should have been handled in a more convincing way. The undercurrent emotional connect is largely missing in the film as the scenes where the lead pair realize their feelings for each other looks a bit artificial.

Technical Team

Direction: 4/5
Story: 3.5/5
Screenplay: 3/5
Dialogues: 4/5
Music/Songs: 4.5/5
Background Score: 4/5
Production Values: 5/5
Cinematography: 5/5
Editing: 4/5
Art Work: 5/5
Costumes: 5/5
Choreography: 4/5
Fights/Stunts: 4/5
VFX/Graphics: 4/5

Things to Look Out for

The camerawork by Vamsi Patchipulusu is splendid as he captures the mood of the film nicely and colorfully. Songs by Thaman & Vishal Chandrashekhar are good to hear. 'Kola Kalle Ilaa' & 'Digu Digu Digu Naaga' are the best songs. The background score is neat too. Production values of the film are top-notch as the film looks contemporary and colorful. The artwork, fights, fights & dances are superb and add well to the film.

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